Managing Canal Irrigation: Practical Analysis from South Asia

by Robert Chambers

The many billions of dollars invested in canal irrigation in recent decades have had disappointing results. Rarely have projected benefits in well-being or production been achieved. In consequence, in the mid-1980s, further vast sums are being spent throughout the Third World on programmes for rehabilitation, canal lining, on farm development, and farmers' organisation. In this book, Robert Chambers shows that much of this policy and practice is based...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521347882
• ISBN13: 9780521347884
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"